Johannesburg Scores

  • Workspaces: There is an great environment for working and lots of great coworking spots in Johannesburg.

  • Air quality:
  • Walkability: The area of Johannesburg is perfect for walking. There are a lot of quality walking paths, sidewalks. Traffic and road conditions are good organized.

  • Entertainment: There are many interesting places, where you can take a fun with your friends or to spend romantic date.

  • Free WiFi: Unfortunately, there are very few points in Johannesburg that provide free Wi-Fi, and those that do have a weak Internet signal, so in many cafes wifi Internet is available only at a low speed.

  • Expenses: Prices for everything are very affordable. There are many very decent pizzerias, cafes, restaurants at reasonable prices. Usual monthly spendings are around $1800.
  • Fits for families: There are not so many places where you can spend a good time with your family and children, but almost all of them provide excellent service.

  • Quality of life: performs above average in subjective well-being, jobs and wages, income and well-being, health, social connections, environmental quality, education and skills, work and leisure balance, housing and personal safety.

  • Freedom of speech: Freedom of speech is spelled out in the constitution. But local authorities are enforcing laws that will somewhat complicate the work of journalists and restrict freedom of speech for all citizens.

  • Income: Unfortunately, the local population in Johannesburg has very low salaries as low as $400 a month.
  • Education: Secondary and higher education institutions provide a very mediocre level of knowledge, which indicates the need to reform them and introduce new, more effective programs and trained teachers in Johannesburg.

  • Racial tolerance: Cases of racial and ethnic discrimination are extremely rare.

  • Internet: There is high-speed Internet in Johannesburg.
  • Safety: The crime rate in Johannesburg is low, but this does not mean that you need to stop being vigilant at night.
  • Nightlife: The nightlife in Johannesburg is quite low. You will have to organize the evening in a different way.

  • English: The locals speak English perfect.

  • Startup friendly: In the past few years, startups have gained high popularity, increasing the flow of money invested.

  • LGBTQ friendly: It has been established that the majority of Johannesburg citizens have an excellent attitude towards the LGBT community.

  • Female friendly: Women are still not only dependent on the will of men, but also systematically continue to be subjected to humiliation and discrimination on the basis of gender.

  • Traffic safety: Terrible road conditions, traffic in Johannesburg is extremely difficult.

  • Level of happiness: Low level of satisfaction and fatigue from life in the current conditions.

  • Friendliness to outsiders: The attitude towards foreigners is often open and friendly, but not overly intrusive.